One of the sole purposes of taking this test was to avoid all the burdens associated with having to pursue higher degrees in an Engineering Discipline, and still maintining a credible licensure.  I chose to pursue this licensure to minimize the time I would take away from pursuing my career and raising a family.  They had to endure an entire year without me as I vigorously studied day and night for the P.E. Exam; thankfully I passed it and can get back to a normal life of balancing my career with my family.  Adding a mandatory 16 hour education credit every year or two is unacceptable to me, and like many other GOOD, SKILLED, Professional Engineers, I would simply watch my licensure expire and go away, especially when my current occupation demands much travel away from home.

I see this as another way of grabbing money out of our pockets by the state, not to ensure we remain skilled and educated at our trade.  This is a fleecing in my opinion; a very inconvenient fleecing that will end up causing my license to expire without an interest of renewal.  We current Professional Engineers should at least be grandfathered into not having to take extra credit hours to continue our licensure, as when we acquired our licenses, we weren't under any such contract to do so.

Thanks for hearing my words.